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    Default Birthday thread criteria?

    I'm not gonna name any names, but do you think there should be a limit on who gets birthday threads? Chat only members? People who have been here less than a month?

    Personally speaking, someone should be here at least two to three months. I'm tired of the Happy Birthday KawaiiNarutoxSakuraDesu? threads when the member joined about less than a month ago. The person should at least post a few posts within a week as well.

    This isn't a huge problem here and doesn't hurt much of the enjoyment here at AF, but it sure as hell makes Misc. look disgusting when there are five birthday threads back to back.

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    I agree. Of course, I never look at the Misc. Section (I prefer the new posts button).
    The person doesn't have to have been here more than a month,
    they should at least post and come onto the site, though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Diocletian View Post
    I'm not gonna name any names, but do you think there should be a limit on who gets birthday threads? Chat only members? People who have been here less than a month?

    Personally speaking, someone should be here at least two to three months. I'm tired of the Happy Birthday KawaiiNarutoxSakuraDesu? threads when the member joined about less than a month ago. The person should at least post a few posts within a week as well.

    This isn't a huge problem here and doesn't hurt much of the enjoyment here at AF, but it sure as hell makes Misc. look disgusting when there are five birthday threads back to back.

    ... Is this a question of morality? Heck...I'd say everyone should get a chance of proclaiming their birthdays. Much better than useless troll questions. Though, if it's a question of maintaining quality, one would say there should be limit to everything for fear of turning that thing into a boring fad.


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    Mhm, you have a point. But, wouldn't it be unfair to those that are going to be active, even though they just joined and because of that they'd miss their birthdays and they would have to wait a whole year again? Just sounds kind of unfair to me... ^_^;
    Not everything is black and white like that.

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    I think it's ABSOLUTELY hilarious that someone who isn't very active, or who is still new to the forum can get a birthday thread and I, being a member of at least 5 years, can't :/

    I think there should absolutely be some sort of guidelines.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Wolley View Post
    I think it's ABSOLUTELY hilarious that someone who isn't very active, or who is still new to the forum can get a birthday thread and I, being a member of at least 5 years, can't :/

    I think there should absolutely be some sort of guidelines.
    qq less noob, I didn't get any either. That goes for the OP, too.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr.McDoom!: Revolutions View Post
    qq less noob, I didn't get any either. That goes for the OP, too.
    It sounds like Wolley is pew pew as well as qq...maybe "pew q"? Time for new term?

    In reference to Sannin's post, I shall only say that birthday threads give people a sorry excuse to inflate their dwindled egos to make themselves seem important when they're not.

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    I personally think it should be for people above [legit] 1k+ post and mostly active.

    I quit wishing members happy birthday because there ares o many threads I gave up and thought it was pointless and a waste of time :[

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    I find it a little odd,...frankly, that the day of my b-day this thread is made and this question asked, now there is a b-day thread for me that i didn't make but am honored was made for me, i've been a member for little over a month and do not have near a thousand posts but thing i'm deserving of one, and if the threads bad don't post in it and it will get closed.other than that i don't know what to tell ya.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Gizmo Duck View Post
    I find it a little odd,...frankly, that the day of my b-day this thread is made and this question asked, now there is a b-day thread for me that i didn't make but am honored was made for me, i've been a member for little over a month and do not have near a thousand posts but thing i'm deserving of one, and if the threads bad don't post in it and it will get closed.other than that i don't know what to tell ya.
    Actually it wasn't about you. There were two other threads before yourself. But now it is though.

    That goes for the OP, too.
    But QQ is what I do best.
    Last edited by Diocletian; 12-27-2009 at 05:15 PM.

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    I agree that the member should have at least 250 posts previously and have been active for 2 months.

    Also, and this may be difficult, but the thread-starter should have to get permission from the special birthday it before the thread can be started.
    On this day of days, most epic and prideful, you were born 15 whole American years ago!
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    Regardless! You won!
    So remember, whenever someone picks on you or calls you weak or small.
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    Certain elements from time to time make it a habit to create threads for everyone in the "Today's Birthday" list, whether they know them or not, and that's the real core of the problem.

    Criteria like post count and length of membership are a serious waste of moderator time to have to scrutinize every single birthday thread that pops up.

    The key point should be that the person who has the birthday is at least superficially well known to the person who starts the thread. That solves all the issues with members who have been away for 6 years or joined yesterday and has made 3 posts getting birthday threads.

    If you find a birthday thread for some random newbie or disused account, just avoid posting in it and it'll eventually go away.

    Quote Originally Posted by blueangel06661 View Post
    I personally think it should be for people above [legit] 1k+ post and mostly active.
    Eh? You barely have 1000 posts yourself. In that spirit, I suggest a limit of 14,000 posts to get a birthday thread.

    --edit-- Ooops, I seem to have accidentally closed this thread. Sorry for the inconvenience. It's open now.
    Last edited by Eris; 12-27-2009 at 05:03 PM.



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    lol @ this being closed and then reopened

    I think there is stuff wrong with the current system too, but I recognize that fixing these issues would be pretty much wasted effort. So, c'est la vie.


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    I remember a while back someone suggested one birthday thread a month for everybody. This would clear up the clutter, at least.
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    D'awwww you lil bunch of grumpy wumpy's.

    However i do think there should be a universal birthdays thread, much cleaner.


    On a side note, did i complain my birthday thread had a solid 3 posts and one was a half baked troll by SigmaSD?


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    You make a valid point, however the curent b-day thread system is to make a thread based on the real birth day of the member in question. A idea I kinda have been thinking of for a while is rather then a day of birth thread a thread could be made to be stickied and the user whos birth day it is on that day can post to say so and then other members can replay. I do understand how much of a hard time that would put on the mods here in misc but it would in the end make for less clutter and may even be easier to moderate if there is only one thread. The last issue with it is the size but after a certin amount of time posts can be deleted and the thread will shink as a resualt, kinda like the get to know the Mods thread. Which for the longest time was in the top five biggest threads on this entire forum.
    It is just an idea and it seems like it would salve the problem on both ends. Being it would allow for some choice for the members who do not wanna see all the birthday threads and for those that do they can simply go to the sticked thread and view it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Capernicus View Post
    lol @ this being closed and then reopened
    I would be a serious hypocrite to close this thread with my previous post, as I myself made a long rant about how annoying it is when moderators close threads with long opinionated posts in site issues a while back.

    Quote Originally Posted by Sanosuke23 View Post
    I remember a while back someone suggested one birthday thread a month for everybody. This would clear up the clutter, at least.
    I think the current reasoning as for not having a single birthday thread is the sheer amount of birthday posts we get. There's usually at least one birthday almost per day, and most of those threads rack up a good page or two of posts. So that's at least ~ 30 posts a day, if not more. Therefore, such a birthday thread would turn into pandemonium pretty much instantly. Keeping track of who you're congratulating would be very difficult, and new birthdays would drown in the congratulations of the older ones.

    Ideally, there should be a congratulations sub-forum of misc (or introductions?) where people can proclaim their birthdays, or having graduated from high school, or whatnot. Ideally, with zero impact on post count as well. But I'm not sure how plausible this idea is in reality.
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    I agree with what Eris said about people starting birthday threads for people they've never even talked to before. Like I had a birthday thread this year started by someone I barely knew. I mean, I really appreciate it and all, but it didn't feel as special because it was started by someone I didn't know.

    So really, the person who starts the birthday thread should be friends with the person who the thread's for at least. Like Eris said, this will lessen the amount of birthday threads we get for "noobs" (and maybe clean up the Misc page a bit >.>)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr.McDoom!: Revolutions View Post
    qq less noob, I didn't get any either. That goes for the OP, too.

    Rofl, really? grow up.

    Everytime I come back to AF, people like this remind why I end up leaving. :/

    I was just stating a point, my day doesn't revolve around what is or is not posted an a website about Anime.
    Honestly I couldn't care less, but I think that the idea of having some sort of criteria is definitely legitimate.




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    Quote Originally Posted by Eris View Post
    I would be a serious hypocrite to close this thread with my previous post, as I myself made a long rant about how annoying it is when moderators close threads with long opinionated posts in site issues a while back.



    I think the current reasoning as for not having a single birthday thread is the sheer amount of birthday posts we get. There's usually at least one birthday almost per day, and most of those threads rack up a good page or two of posts. So that's at least ~ 30 posts a day, if not more. Therefore, such a birthday thread would turn into pandemonium pretty much instantly. Keeping track of who you're congratulating would be very difficult, and new birthdays would drown in the congratulations of the older ones.

    Ideally, there should be a congratulations sub-forum of misc (or introductions?) where people can proclaim their birthdays, or having graduated from high school, or whatnot. Ideally, with zero impact on post count as well. But I'm not sure how plausible this idea is in reality.
    I guess I didn't think of it that way, may bad. However if there were a new one every so often like every week that would make for 7 birth days per thread. Though maybe that would still be to large once you've done all the math.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eris View Post
    I would be a serious hypocrite to close this thread with my previous post, as I myself made a long rant about how annoying it is when moderators close threads with long opinionated posts in site issues a while back.
    I wasn't saying anything negative against you, I was just pointing it out. I was happy you reopened it.

    Quote Originally Posted by Eris View Post
    Ideally, there should be a congratulations sub-forum of misc (or introductions?) where people can proclaim their birthdays, or having graduated from high school, or whatnot. Ideally, with zero impact on post count as well. But I'm not sure how plausible this idea is in reality.
    I suggest a birthday subforum a while back, but it seems like my suggestions are either immediately shot down by admins or ignored and enacted some months later.

    Quote Originally Posted by Shedd Aquarium View Post
    I agree with what Eris said about people starting birthday threads for people they've never even talked to before. Like I had a birthday thread this year started by someone I barely knew. I mean, I really appreciate it and all, but it didn't feel as special because it was started by someone I didn't know.
    I hate that, I get it a lot and so do people for whom I would like to create the thread for.


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    Honestly, if someone only has 2 posts or just joined 2 weeks ago, and gets a birthday thread that's their problem. No one ever said you have to post in it. If you don't like the idea of them getting a birthday thread, just ignore it or find some way to sabotage their shuttle equipment, so they can't get home.

     
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    Well I've been here for a while and I've posted plenty but I didnt get any birthday thread and it was this month. Hmm. =/

    I guess the well-known people get the b-day threads. The members who knows the most members. ^^;

    But every active member should get a birthday thread. Its a nice thing to do to acknowledge someone and wish them a happy birthday. :3

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    Couldn't we have the birthday it propose who they would allow posting their birthday thread?
    On this day of days, most epic and prideful, you were born 15 whole American years ago!
    Through the odds and by doing the impossible, you beat out hundreds of thousands of siblings in the great sperm race for the coveted egg.
    Probably via hax.
    Regardless! You won!
    So remember, whenever someone picks on you or calls you weak or small.
    Just remind them that you beat out a few hundred thousand other wimps.

    And the grand prize was not dying!

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    Quote Originally Posted by .Lali View Post
    Well I've been here for a while and I've posted plenty but I didnt get any birthday thread and it was this month. Hmm. =/

    I guess the well-known people get the b-day threads. The members who knows the most members. ^^;

    But every active member should get a birthday thread. Its a nice thing to do to acknowledge someone and wish them a happy birthday. :3
    Oh, I didn't get a b-day thread last year and I was way more active last year. Funny how these things happen :'D
    Last edited by sa5m; 12-27-2009 at 08:24 PM.

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